Dec
30
Dive Number: 424 30/12/2012 Perpendicular Reef
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A splash around perpies. I found a couple of bits of metal rising out of a big sand bank…possible wreck??? I’ll keep an eye on this.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
30
Dive Number: 423 30/12/2012 Beach 10B Queenscliff
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: Ray Day
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
27
Dive Number: 422 27/12/2012 White Beach Torquay
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 70minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: I thought i’d try to find as many Wobbegongs as i could and see how many actually use this area. I counted 17 on this dive!!! Wobbies in gullies, wobbies in caves, small wobbies, bug wobbies, wobbies with jackos, wobbies with smooth rays.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
23
Dive Number: 421 23/12/2012 The Ledges, Buckley Park
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m+
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: A nice section of reef off Buckley Park with large ledges and gullies. A Banded Sea Perch was a highlight.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
22
Dive Number: 420 22/12/2012 Point Lonsdale, Elizabeth Street
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 5m
Details: Tried a new section of reef along the Point Lonsdale Strip. Its always current prone if you get out to far, but a school of salmon kept me safely in the shallows.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
12
Dive Number: 419 12/12/2012 Perpendicular Reef
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A dusk dive with weedy seadragons.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
9
Dive Number: 418 09/12/2012 Collendina
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A gully of port jackson sharks was the highlight. One looked like he’d just finished munching down on a cray.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
9
Dive Number: 417 09/12/2012 Curlewis China House Reef
Conditions: Ave
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: A boat dive at Curlewis….a nice little spot.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
9
Dive Number: 416 09/12/2012 Curlewis – Fortress
Conditions: Ave
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: A boat dive at Curlewis….very little around.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
8
Dive Number: 415 08/12/2012 Collendina
Conditions: Lovely
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 12m
Details: Great Dive..found an awesome little sea cave that was teeming with life. The highlight was a squid that i watched hunting. It had a lunge at a mado and then a small blue-throated wrasse. No luck on either front. Great to watch it change to a clear colouration to blend into the surface when above its prey, and then into a mottled maroon when it was below.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
7
Dive Number: 414 07/12/2012 Kennett River
Conditions: Clear but surgey
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: A narrow reef runs straight out to sea near the river outlet. Its covered in bull kelp and crayweed and some vegetation unique to this stretch of coast. I explored the outer wall as far out as i considered safe and got to about 10m, but the reef kept on going. i didn’t investigate the inner reef much as it was too surgey. A dive i’d like to try again when conditions are right.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
1
Dive Number: 413 01/12/2012 Spring Creek, Torquay
Conditions: Looked Ok but Hellish
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 20minutes
Max Depth: 4m
Details: I parked behind the surfclub and walked along spring creek to the beach. Conditions looked reasonable, but i soon found out it was far than good. The surge was relentless and rather than having a back and forward motion, it would surge and then curl through the many chunks of shallow reef. With poor visbility this was probably the most dangerous dive i’ve ever done. Luckily i returned unscathed, but i’m amazed i didn’t get smashed against the reef a bit more than i did. On the bright side, i found a nice little cluster of hydriods as a sheltered from the surge in a small overhang.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
1
Dive Number: 412 01/12/2012 White Beach, Torquay
Conditions: A1, great vis and no surge
Visibilty: 20m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 70minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: Another dive at the Nude beach…8 wobbies this time around…unbelievable.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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